SELF-PHASE-MODULATED KERR-LENS MODE-LOCKED CR-FORSTERITE LASER SOURCEFOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY

Authors
BOUMA BE TEARNEY GJ BILINSKY IP GOLUBOVIC B FUJIMOTO JG
Citation
Be. Bouma et al., SELF-PHASE-MODULATED KERR-LENS MODE-LOCKED CR-FORSTERITE LASER SOURCEFOR OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY, Optics letters, 21(22), 1996, pp. 1839-1841
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Optics
Journal title
Optics letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
01469592
Volume
21
Issue
22
Year of publication
1996
Pages
1839 - 1841
Database
ISI
SICI code
0146-9592(1996)21:22<1839:SKMCLS>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
An all-solid-state Kerr-lens mode-locked Cr:forsterite laser operating at 1.28 mu m is demonstrated as a short-coherence-length, high-averag e-power source for optical coherence tomographic (OCT) imaging. We ach ieve ultrahigh resolution by spectrally broadening the laser pulses, u sing self-phase modulation in a dispersion-shifted single-mode fiber. OCT imaging with a resolution of 6 mu m and a dynamic range of 115 dB is achieved. (C) 1996 Optical Society of America